COLUMN: A modest (mouse) proposal by the ghost of Jonathan Swift

Content courtesy of

From: University Wire
Date: 20060427
Author:Pat Aguiar

Pat Aguiar
University Wire
04-27-2006
(The Good Five Cent Cigar) (U-WIRE) KINGSTON, R.I. -- This is my last column for this paper and so rather than reviewing a movie you've never heard of or an album you'll never hear, I'm going to sort of indulge myself and give you some miscellaneous, Larry King-style musings.

Guys who feel their masculinity is threatened by a play about vaginas should be ridiculed mercilessly.

In my experience, there is a strong positive correlation between a person believing that discrimination against white males is a problem in this country and that person being a ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.



Other Articles on Jonathan Swift

  • Works of Jonathan Swift: Swift And Gulliver's Travels
  • Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub.'.(satire by Jonathan Swift)
  • The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift: Volume I, Letters 1690-1714
  • Tales of a Tub-Thumper
  • Jonathan Swift 1726
  • Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels,' bk. 4, ch. 1. (Jonathan Swift)
  • When Jonathan Swift met Haim Ramon
  • Vexatious Swift to Alexander Pope in 1725.(satirist Jonathan Swift)(Critical Essay)
  • Swift's a Modest Proposal.(Jonathan Swift )(Critical essay)
  • A Swift response for mentally ill; Visionary: Founder Jonathan Swift.
  • Find More Articles

  • About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.



    - 1P1-122698258
    Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily
    In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time.
    Email:
    Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter
    Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.
    Email: